Exhibition Opening: Daniel Chester French: The Female Form Revealed
When:
Thursday, Oct 06, 2016 5:30p -
6:30p
Thursday, Oct 06, 2016 5:30p -
6:30p
Where:
Boston Athenæum
10 ½ Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
< 21, Alcohol, Art, Date Idea, Lectures & Conferences, Meetup, Nightlife
Event website:
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/events/3986/exhibition-opening
For nearly half a century, from the late 1870s to the late 1920s, Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) was America’s foremost sculptor of public monuments. His outdoor masterpieces can be seen in cosmopolitan centers as well as in smaller American towns. French was proficient at modeling the female figure, especially in its classicizing, idealized form, but this aspect of his career has rarely been acknowledged. It is the goal of this exhibition to help fill that gap in French scholarship. Daniel Chester French: The Female Form Revealed will explore French’s career primarily as seen in a group of preliminary models and studies that he made not only for major public commissions but also for a number of his more intimate and personal works.
Attendees will be able to preview the gallery at 5:30pm before a 30-minute presentation by David Dearinger at 6pm. The event will conclude with a wine and cheese reception starting at 6:30pm.
Registration is not required.
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The Athenæum's five galleried floors overlook the peaceful Granary Burying Ground, and, as Gamaliel Bradford wrote in 1931, "it is safe to say that [no library] anywhere has more an atmosphere of its own, that none is more conducive to intellectual aspiration and spiritual peace." The building was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
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